The FIRM: Sculpted Buns, Hips & Thighs

I think this workout is awesome.She works the heck out of stomach. So much I lock up. But I love it. You also work your inner thighs and your [behind]. If you are serious about working out, then I recommendthis for you. I think they should have called this tapes, Lock up Crunch and some buns hips and thighs. But it definately gets the job done.I am a serious exerciser and would not recommend it if it did not impress me. You will get a workout.I also recommend you incorporte this workout with The Firm Upper Body and every other day Pilates. Also, a healthy diet. That is what I do and have seen phenomial results.

As far as the workout itself goes, I guess it's pretty great if you do use weights. Don't let the title fool you, though: even though the tape does include some good thighs/buns exercises, it's mostly abs (just like other reviewers have stated). I never sweat and my heart rate never goes up while working out to this tape, but I still feel the work in my muscles.The setting and the instructor are both extremely annoying, though. No, I don't think any of the people working out in the background have anything natural about them and neither do the surroundings or the instructor. She seems as if she were reading the lines and basically as if she just weren't there at all or couldn't care less.Altogether I have to say I have very mixed feelings about the tape and I don't think it'll ever grow to be one of my favorites.

the older FIRM tapes are my favorite, providing a great workout with results!!

terrible quality. Disc skipped. Threw it away after one try! Rip off.

For the absolute maximum results, by all means use weights. Albeit, dumbbells, ankle, etc. Beginners definetly move at your own individual pace.

I am a firm beleiver and I love all of the Firm videos. I swear by them but this one is not what it says it is. 95% of this video is abs and MAYBE 3 leg excercies. You might as well buy 5 day abs.

When The Firm created this video - it was just that, a "created" video - not a choregraphed workout. This was spliced together from two original workouts entitled "The Tortoise" and "The Hare" - they took portions of both workouts to make 3 additional workouts, originally entitled, "Lie Down and Workout," (whose title was changed into Sculpted Buns, Hips & Thighs), "Tough Tape" and a aerobic tape that featured all the step routines from the original workouts entitled "Ballroom Aerobics". That is why they have Tracy Long in between some sections of the workout to set you up a little before it started to make sure you had the proper weights and were in the right position. (Later on, when The Firm continued to splice new workouts together they even got rid of the introductions - in this way they could make a whole bunch of tapes from just a couple original workout productions.) The name was altered primarily, I imagine, to lure other consumers, not familiar with The Firm, to buy it. If you know anything about The Firm - all the original titles have been changed for one reason or another. What used to be called, "Volume One", is now "Body Sculpting Basics" - probably because "Volume One" wasn't telling the general consumer anything about what to expect. Remember - this was once all sold from a catalog and one television commerical way back in the eighties.I was never disappointed in this workout - you have to take it for what it is. It isn't meant to be a "Total Body Workout" - It was intended to be used when you wanted brevity - it is something to do on the days you don't want to spend over an hour exercising. It's an effective workout - and its good but just keep in mind, it is only 30 minutes - and most super hard and effective leg and butt work is done standing - using bigger weights. You can still up the poundage and make it more difficult but again - it is what it is. I suggest that you alternate this video with other workouts because one video won't get your lower body in the best shape of your life. There are tons of other videos out there to get better leg work.

I bought this video a few years ago and used it off and on until recently. It's a great workout for bun, hip, thighs, and especially ABS. It doen't point out ABS in the title, but it includes a great ab workout. It took me a while to be about to finish the entire ab workout segment, but I stuck with it until I mastered it and the results speaks for itself. I'd recommend this video to anyone who's serious about resculping their lower half. It's a great lower body workout for the beginner as well as the intermediate exerciser. The advanced may not find it challenging enough. Again, it's a great workout video. Not too fast and not too slow. I highly recommend it.